The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
Sixty Bales of Cotton and Five Hun
dred Bushels of Corn Made With
Three Flows in Pulaski County New
Cotton Sheds for How a
Hawkinsville Merchant Collected
His Bill at Church.
A lodge of Odd Fellows is to be organized
at Milledgeville
The new compress at Macon, of the Cen
eral railroad, is now pressing 800 bales OF
cotton daily.
It is said that 5000 was spent by tho
''antisn in the late election in the attempt to
carry Whitfield county for whisky.
The saw mill at the Perry Variety Works
is still run at night, in order that the de
mand for lumber may be supplied.
AL the ex-Confederates now living in
Houston county are expected TO meet at the
court house in Perry next Thursday.
W. T. Conn & Co., of Miuedgeville are
preparing for the manufacture of candy for
their wholesale grocery business. The man
ufactory will have capacity of 500 pounds
per day.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: 4 fellow that
will SO forget himself as to eat off of the top
of his plate at a wedding was badly fright
ened, or was terribly mashed, we don't
know which.
John P. Backman, well-known among
Atlanta contractors and builders, was
found dead in bed at his home, 90 jackson
street, Atlanta, Thursday morning. His
death was due to heart disease.
Hon d. G. Gambler, father of Represen-
tative Gambler, had n severe stroke of par
a. Sc at
this writing lying in a critical condition at
his sons residence in Gainesville.
Orders have been given for material to
put up two cotton sheds on the new Bruins
wick and Western dock at Brunswick each
50x150 feet. This will give ample room for
the present. Considerable storage room for
cotton will be afforded by 50x300.
The owners of the strip of land lying be-
tween the Baptist church and the new opera
house, at Athens, will present it to the
church, the only condition being that the
congregation raise 81, 800 with which to en-
large the church, so as to have room for the
Sunday school, library, etc
The physicians in Hawkinsville state that
there is less sickness in the town and sur
rounding country than they have ever
known at this season of the year. 1t was
thought for while that the heavy rains in
July and August would cause great deal
of sickness, but so far the health of the
country is good.
Among the many curiosties, useful and
ornamental, that will be on exhibition at
the State fair, none surpass in interest the
latest addition, which is the new breed of
hogs brought out by j. P. Stollings, of
Folkston. These hogs are ''mule- footed,
having no cleft in the foot as usual, and
Mr.. Stollings thinks they are cholera proof
The grand jury list for Pulaski county is
composed of 176 names. and the traverse
jury list of 37S names. The lists were re-
vised on Aug. 2, 1886, and will be revised
again on the first Monday in August, 1888.
The law requires the revision Of the lists
every two years The Jury Commissioners
are R. g. Fulghum, John H. Pate, w. I.
Robuck, A. Z. Choate, G. T. Lathrop, John
Henry
At meeting of the members of the Pres
byterian church of Griffin Wednesday for
the purpose of finally deciding the question
of the location of the new church building,
the vote stood "A to / in favor of the gin
shop lot, at the intersection of Taylor,
Meriwether and Eighth streets. The places
balloted for were the Hill lot, corner Solo
mon and Eighth streets, and the old gin
shop lot.
Last Sunday F. NJ. Murray, of SWANS
boro, while on his way to Williamsons
bridge, to look after some hogs, saw where
a large rattleSnake had crossed the road
He traced the track to a gopher hole, where
he saw several large snakes laying around
the mouth of the hole. He hurried away
md procured the assistance of F. B. Boyd
and H. Kersey, and went back and dug out
and killed seventeen large rattlesnakes.
At Fioyilla at 11.45 Wednesday night,
while the gravel train was slowly pulling
into the station, Mr.. James O'Rea, of Jack
bon, fiagman on the train, was suddenly
killed. The train was moving about two
miles an hour, and young O'Rea, while at
tempting to pass from one coal car to an
other, fell between and the truck passed over
his breast, which resulted in his imme-
niate death. He had recently married, at
bis place of residence, jackson.
By the Northeastern railroad, little
white boy by the name of Dover was
brought to Athens Wednesday from Haber-
sham county on his way to Milledgeville
He is about II years old, stout, physical
specimen, but is a hopeless, driveling idiot
While quite young he received fall, which
still leaves dent in his skull, and from this
be has been subject to fits. Some time ago
be fell into the fire, and lost one eye from
this accident. He is probably hopeless
idiot, and takes no notice of anything
around him.
Among the suits filed to come up at this
term of the Richmond Superior Court are
tome quite interesting damage cases. w.
r. Acherd is saing the Dartmouth Spinning
Company for $1,000 for injuries sustained
while working for them Hewas struck by
= shaft and MANNED for life. Charles Black
stone is suing the same company for $1,000
for similar damages, and Mrs. Frances Al
len is suing the Augusta Factory for 1000
Tor the death of her husband which was
eaused by a wall falling on him while in
their employ.
At Hawkinsville on Saturday last eleven
warrants were sworn out against W. f.
Ferguson and G. F. Roden and their clerks
and employees The warrants charged the
proprietors and their clerks and employees
with selling whisky in violation of the local
option law. The warrants were drawn by
Richard G. Jordan, Solicitor of Pulaski
county Court and were issued by Judge
Ryan. The parties demanded Indictment
oy the grand jury, and gave bond for their
appearance at the next term of Pulaski Su-
perior Court, to be held in November
Last Saturday man came to Hawkins
vile and sold several bales of cotton, and
talled on Capt. Anderson, and said: cap
lain, I've come to-day to pay you up in full,
and told my wife if ever l did get able to
bay you, intended TO make you a present
af the finest hat or pair of shoes in Hawk
insville. You loaned me money, and stood
my security at the bank, and helped me to